Author Topic: Nothing to do with Dogs! Transparent Butterflies have you seen the Glass wings?  (Read 1943 times)

Offline marinafb

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Have you seen the Glass wing Butterflies?
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WOW - that's amazing! :o :)

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Wow, those look really cool.  Are they indiginous (sp?) to the US?

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Transparent Butterfly

Transparent winged butterflies similar species:

Greta oto , Oleria paula , Ithomia patilla , Pteronymia cotytto

It comes from central America and is found from Mexico to Panama. It is quite common in its zone, but it not easy to find because of its transparent wings, which is a natural camouflage mechanism.

Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ithomiinae
Common name: The Glasswing
« Last Edit: March 31, 2006, 10:36:34 pm by marinafb »
Freya-9 years collie shepard mix
Milo-6 years Pitt Bull
Bryce-3 years English Mastiff
Mab and Angus cool cats

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wow that is really neat

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wow those are beautiful!
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